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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Bath and North East Somerset Council. Also known as B&NES, BathNES and BANES.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bath and North East Somerset website
71,462 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 10 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
23 Long Barnaby, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 2TZ
Received 5 Jul 1996Key Norton House, 71 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2DQ
Received 5 Jul 1996Key Norton House, 71 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2DQ
Received 5 Jul 19968 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PW
Received 5 Jul 199612 Kingsley Road, Radstock, BA3 3YU
Received 8 Jul 19968 Smallcombe Road, Radstock, BA3 3EA
Received 8 Jul 199616A Carlingcott, Carlingcott, BA2 8AN
Received 8 Jul 199618A Carlingcott, Carlingcott, BA2 8AN
Received 8 Jul 199632 High Street, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7SN
Received 8 Jul 1996Greenacres, Innox Lane, Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8DB
Received 8 Jul 1996Church Farm, Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6BD
Received 9 Jul 199667 Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6RU
Received 9 Jul 1996Eastwood Manor, Eastwood, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AH
Received 9 Jul 1996The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Kelston, BA1 9AG
Received 9 Jul 1996Detached Garden Of Coombe Villa, Coombe Lane, East Harptree, Bristol,
Received 8 Jul 199685 Grange Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AQ
Received 10 Jul 1996Pointings Saddlery, Blathwayt Riding Stables, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 9BT
Received 10 Jul 1996Royal Oak Cottage, Cross Ways, Farmborough, BA2 0HJ
Received 10 Jul 1996Parkhouse Farm, Parkhouse Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2SG
Received 10 Jul 19965 Pines Way, Radstock, BA3 3EZ
Received 11 Jul 199684 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4BW
Received 11 Jul 1996Old Police House, The Square, Timsbury, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HY
Received 12 Jul 199656 Grange Road, Saltford, Bristol, BS31 3AG
Received 11 Jul 1996The Folly, The Folly, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JW
Received 11 Jul 1996Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bath and North East Somerset Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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